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Blue Ivy Carter gets into a $20K art bidding war with Tyler Perry

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It’s no surprise that Blue Ivy has expensive taste.

On Saturday, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughter showed she’s a true fan of fine art (or just teasing her parents) by throwing her paddle into a bidding war, and offering $17,000 on a painting of Sidney Poitier. It was all part of the Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles, organized by Blue’s grandparents, Tina Knowles and husband Richard Lawson.

“Y’all made me come from behind the podium, because Blue was out there bidding,” said Star Jones, who served as the event’s auctioneer.

After Blue made the initial bid, Tyler Perry countered with $18K for the Poitier piece.

Blue came back with $19K, as Jay-Z jokingly tried to take her arm down.

Finally, the art was sold to Perry for a cool $20K.

The exchange was caught in a video shared by @alrhemist.

However, Vanity Fair reports that Blue, in a gold wig that matched her mother’s outfit, didn’t stop her bidding there. She won a different item at the auction: a $10K art piece made of deconstructed law and medical books.

Other highlights of the fund-raising event included humanitarian awards given to Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter.

The gala benefits the WACO (Where Art Can Occur) Theater Center, which provides teen mentorship programs and a place for expression through theater and art.

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Steve Blacknell’s Memoir is Pure Rock ’n’ Roll Mayhem

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Hold onto your leather jackets – the wildest ride of 2025 is here.

Steve Blacknell – TV face, radio voice, rock PR, and the man who dated Kate Bush – is dropping his bombshell memoir Tales From The Bedroom Wall on July 9th, and it is everything. The highs? Concorde with Phil Collins to Live Aid. MTV fame. Hanging with Alice Cooper, Lemmy, and David Cassidy – often in hot tubs or backstage chaos. The lows? Addiction. Broken hearts. A speedboat explosion!

His rollercoaster love life includes a marriage to iconic ‘60s groupie Catherine James, who once lived with Mick Jaggerand was Eric Clapton’s muse. But it’s not just name-dropping. Blacknell opens up about his bulimia, lost fortunes, and his long, winding path back to the love of his life, Maggie.

With a foreword from Bill Wyman and stories that read like a rockumentary on steroids, this memoir is as outrageous and addictive as the man himself.

Available July 9th from Old Treacle Press. Rock on.

www.steveblacknell.com

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